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THE ONE WHERE DENHAM LEARNS NOTHING
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London Daily Herald
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April 21-June 1, 1933
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King Kong is the name of a newspaper serial adapted by Kingsley Long published in the London Daily Herald newspaper in 37 instalments from April 21st through June 1st of 1933. It was released daily except for Sundays, and Monday, May 1st. This adaptation is notable for being one of the first licensed Kong stories to expand upon the origins of Kong and the Skull Islanders.
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Edgar Wallace's Last Great Thriller
"and lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty, and it stayed his hand from killing, and from that day it was as one dead."
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— Text accompanying the first installment
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Plot
One night, New York's top theatrical agent, Peter Weston, walks through the docks on the Hudson river in search of a ship called the Venture in answer to a summons by Carl Denham. He speaks to the night guard who informs him that the ship's peculiar cargo and high volume of crewmen had the dock workers whispering about the "crazy" nature of the voyage, and is quickly ushered aboard by the first officer Jim Driscoll. He is taken to a cabin where The skipper sits speaking to Denham. The captain tries to impress upon Denham that they had better leave before the insurance company sends someone to check on the Gas bombs and other weaponry aboard. Denham agrees that they can't waste time convincing the insurance company not to abandon them, lest they arrive during the tropical monsoon season and be unable to film. Denham then asks Weston if he had found a lead actress for his film, and Weston responds that he refuses to sign an actress onto his picture when Denham refuses to reveal any kind of details about the role or the location. Denham finally resolves to go into the city and find a girl before the morning tide.
With eviction waiting at the end of the week, actress Ann Darrow ate the last of her food and spent the whole day looking for work. By the evening she had been turned away by three theatrical agents, and was told that Peter Weston had been called out of the office on urgent business. She returns to the street, where she notices a beautiful crate of apples. Denham, lost in thought, takes no notice of the woman examining the apples, and prepares to ask the proprietor of the fruit stand, Toni Morelli, if he or any of his friends have any lovely daughters to spare. Ann gently touches one of the apples, and Morelli immediately grabs her wrist and threatens to call the police. Denham steps over to stop the commotion, and is struck by Ann's beauty, knowing at once that he has found the girl for his film. Morelli is hesitant to spare her, but is quickly pacified by two dollars. Denham hails a cab and takes Ann to the nearest restaurant, where she revealed that she used to work as a film extra at the studios on long island, but had found nothing in the three months since their closure. At that point, Denham decides that Darrow is the girl he was looking for, and begins making plans to move forward with the picture. Ann soon agrees to join on.
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Differences from the film
- Weston makes it aboard the Venture using a rope ladder as opposed to a gangplank
Trivia
- Despite his seeming lack of influence on the finished story, Edgar Wallace's name is used in advertising the serial. This is believed to have been done to bank on his reputation as a renowned novelist in his time.
- This is the only adaptation of King Kong to give the theatrical agent Weston a first name, and even goes as far as to give him a middle name as well. This makes his full name "Peter Van Elm Weston."
- Beyond advertisements claiming Kong as an individual to be millions of years old, this is the first product to imagine his origins in an official capacity.
- This is the first Kong story to imagine what became of his body after the events of the film. While Kong Reborn imagined Denham burning the corpse, King Kong of Skull Island, endorsed by the Cooper estate, sees Denham return the remains to Skull Island.
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Shueisha KK05
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Katsuya Terada
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- For the English language novelization by Christopher Golden, see King Kong (2005 novelization)
King Kong is a Japanese novelization of the 2005 Universal Pictures film King Kong. It was adapted from the screenplay by Yoshiki Tanaka, and came with a dust jacket and bookmark illustrated by Katsuya Terada.
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King Kong 2
King Kong 2 is a Japanese novelization of King Kong Lives.
Playtech
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5-reel video slot game
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King Kong is a blee blee.slot.mahcine
MANGA
- King Kong
- v rex
- unnamed manta rays
- Unnamed fish
- Ligocristus
- Scorpio-pede
- Unnamed coastal birds
- Unnamed jungle birds
- Unnamed plains birds
- Ferrucutus
- Brontosaurus
- little spike back guy from WoK
- Terapusmordax
